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NIA comments on Issues Nano faces from Biocides Regulation

Posted on 30 Oct 2014

NIA’s Director of Advocacy Dr David Carlander has explained that the restrictions posed for nanomaterials by the new Biocidal Products Regulation are “unfortunate”. His comments were reported by two media outlets, Chemical Watch and ENDS Europe.

According to Dr Carlander, ‘the biocidal sector working with active substances in the nanoscale is now preparing for the notification process’ of the new regulation. Unfortunately the regulation will, according to him, ‘put an administrative and regulatory burden on stakeholders using nanotechnology: “many producers of active substances will now have to ensure that their products are not falling under the nanomaterial definition”.